Pounding-up machine.



S. SNOW. POUNDING-UP MACHINE.

APPLIOATLON FILED JULYQ, 1904I f Patented Feb. 27, .1912.

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1,018,526. Patented Peb. 27,

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STEPHEN SNOW, 0F EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, 0F PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A. CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

POUNDINGr-UP MACHINE.

Lorenzo.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

To all lwhom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN SNOW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Everett, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Pounding- Up Machines, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to machines adapted for use in the manufacture of boots and shoes for performing the operation known in the art as pounding-up the boot or shoe The pounding-up operation usually follows immediately after the lasting 'operation in which the marginal portion of the upper material is worked over the edge of the last and secured to the innersole by tacks or other temporary fastenings, as is well understood although it may be performed in connection with the lasting operation and shoes are sometimes subjected to similar treatment preparatory to the lasting operation. The upper material, when lasted over the edge of the last, frequently does not lie as close to the last and innersole as is desirable. This imperfect fitting of the upper is especially apparent at the toe and heel of the shoe where the upper material, which, at these portions of the shoe usually includes toe and heel stiffeners, is thicker and less pliable than at other portions of the shoe.

The marginal portion of upper material on the bottom of the last also has an irregular uneven surface, particularly at the toe and heel where the stock is plaited or gathered in laying it over the innersole, and frequently the tacks employed for securing the upper to the inner sole are not all driven a uniform distance into the work. The bottom of the shoe, therefore, presents at the end of the lasting'operation an unsatisfactory surface upon which to lay the outersole.

In the better made shoes it is the present 4 practice to even the bottom of the lasted slice for the reception of the outersole and to correct the above-mentioned'defects in the fitting of the upper to the last by pounding-up the shoe with a hammer held in the hand of a workman. In that manual operation the shoe is held upon a suitably shaped rest and subjected to hammering along t-he overdrawn edge of the upper on t-he last bot-tom. As thus carried out the pounding-up of boots and shoes is a slow and somewhat laborious operation, calling for a considerable skill and judgment on the part of the workman and in many cases it is imperfectly performed.

One object of the present invention is to provide a machine by which the pounding-up operation may be performed with rapidity and uniform work produced even by an unskilled workman, and an important feature of the invention consists in providing novel means by which the upper material may be forced downwardly toward the nnersole and at the same time drawn inwardly away from the edge of the innersole.

I have found that it is essential that the blows of a pounding-up machine be so rapid and of such force that it is impracticable for the workman to sustain the work in his hands because of the rapid succession of hard blows, and further because itis not possible for a workman to hold the shoe up to the machine .with sufiicient lirmness for the shoe to be properly operated upon.

One important feature of the invention, therefore, consists in the combination with mechanism for delivering rapid pounding-up blows to the work, of means for properly supporting the work in position to be operated upon. Preferably the machine will be provided with means for supporting the shoe in a substantially rigid manner and inv the embodiment of the invention herein shown means is provided for positioning the shoe in predetermined relation to the stroke of the pounding-up means.

With these ends in view the machine herein shown as embodying my invention `is provided with a shoe support movable for placing the work in positionv to be operated upon, and with a stop or abutment for determining the position to which the shoe may be moved. Preferably also means is Vprovided for automatically raising the work support to place the surface of the work, whatever may be the height or thickness of the stock, against the abutment and therefore in predetermined relation to the stroke -of t-he pounding-up means,

The machine is also provided with means for locking and rigidly sustaining the shoe support in the position to-which it is raised.

The abutment may be vertically adjustable for varying as desired the position to which the work shall be raised with relation t0 the lower limit of the stroke of the pounding means.'

Preferably and as herein shown the abutment is arranged to engage the face of the innersole at a distance inward from the edge of the last, instead of engaging the upper material which covers the marginal portion of the last bottom and of course presents an irregular and uneven surface not well adapted to coact with' the abutment in determining the position of the work.

Other features of the invention, including details of construction and combinations of parts, will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a machine embodying my invention, the shoe support being shown in position to sustain the heel ofthe shoe. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a portion of the machine showing the shoe support in position for sustaining the toe of the shoe. Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views, partly in section, of the heel portion o-f a shoe, illustrating the effect of the pounding-up operation, Fig. 3 showing the shoe before being pounded-up and Fig. 4 showing the same shoe after being operated upon by the pounding-up machine.

The machine comprises a frame 2 provided with bearings for a driving shaft 4 having fast and loose pulleys 6 and 8. The shaft 4C is provided on its front end with a head carrying a crank pin 10 which has a ball and socket connection with a link 12. The link is guided through an opening in the frame, and at its upper end has a similar universal-joint connection with a sleeve 14 loosely mounted on the operating rod 16, which supports at its lower end the pounding-up device 20. The sleeve 14 is arranged between fixed collars 22, 24e on the rod 16, and a spring 23 is interposed between the lower collar 24 and said sleeve. By this arrangement the rod and the pounding-up device are reciprocated from the crank pin on the driving shaft, the upward stroke being positively effected, while the downward stroke or striking movement is yieldingly effected.

The rod carrying the pounding-up device 2O is arranged obliquely, as shown in Fig. l, being guided in forwardly and upwardly extending arms 26, 28 of the frame. The arm 26 sustains a swiveled bearing 3() mounted to turn on center pins 32, one of which is shown in Fig. 1. The portion of the rod 16 which extends through the lower arm 28 is provided with a slot 34 extending downwardly and forwardly, and a guide pin 36 secured in the arm Q8 extends through said slot. The pin and slot constitute guiding means for directing the pounding-up device forwardly as it descends into striking lcontact with the work, whereby said pounding-up device is caused to draw the upper materials over the edge of the last and innersole as said materials are flattened down on the innersole. The downwardly and forwardly directed blows of the pounding-up device thus force the upper inwardly over the innersole, thereby taking up any slack there may be and also preventing the upper material from bulging away from the side of the last as it would otherwise tend to do when iiattened down on the innersole by the pounding-up operation.

A rest 38 is adjust-ably mounted on the machine frame in position to be engaged by the side of the shoe for determining the distance the shoe may be moved under the pounding-up device Q0. The rest serves the further purpose of holding the upper material firmly in contact with the side of the last near the edge of the shoe as the workman presses the shoe against the rest, thereby assisting in shaping the edge of the shoe as the latter is acted upon by the poundingup device. By the term edge as applied to the shoe I mean to designate the edge or corner formed by the upper material lying against the side of the last and the upper material on the bottom of the innersole.

The height at which the shoe may be presented to the pounding-up device is determined by a stop or abutment 39 which is adjustably mounted in the lower arm 28 of the frame 2. The stop or abutment is so located relatively to the edge rest that it engages the bottom of the shoe some distance from the edge of the shoe, and therefore contacts with the even surface of the innersole instead of contacting with the irregularV surface of the upper material on the last bottom. rlhe abutment 39 will in practice preferably be adjusted longitudinally to position its lower end at the desired distance above the lower limit of the downward stroke of the pounding-up device 20 so that the pounding-up device, by striking the work more or less before the end of its normal stroke, will Vpound the work with greater or less force. The spring Q3 of course yields to permit the downward stroke of the pounding-up device to be arrested while the actuating link 12 and crank pin 10 continue to move. By adjustment of nut 24 to increase or diminish the tension of the spring 23 the force with which the pounding-up device acts upon the work may be varied. A similar result may be obtained by adjusting the rod 39 up or down to vary the presentation of the shoe to the pounding device.

It will be understood from the foregoing description that the pounding device acts on the shoe rst Vby impact and then by crushing pressure to set the stock in flattened down condition on the shoe bottom, the impact and the crushing pressure alternating during the repeated reciprocations of the pounding device to produce an olitective shaping of the shoe bottom for the reception of the outer sole.

The oblique arrangement of the shaft 16 enables the pounding-up device to act properly upon the slightly inclined marginal portion of the shoe bottom without the necessity of rocking the shoe as the different portions thereof are presented to said device.

The means for supporting the boot or shoe while the toe and heel are being pounded-up comprises a jack 40 having one arm provided with a heel pin 42 to ft the usual pin hole in the heel of the last, as shown in Fig. l, and a second arm provided with a padded rest 44 for sustaining the toe of the shoe, as shown in Fig. 2. The jack 40 is connected by a hinge pin 46 to a spindle 48 mounted to slide through a bracket 50 and connected at its lower end to a foot lever 52. The foot lever is pivoted at 54 to a base 56 fixed to the floor, and a spring 60 connects said foot lever to the bracket 50 and yieldingly upholds said lever together with the spindle and the ack with the shoe thereon. The spindle is preferably provided with a guide rib 62 fitting a similarly shaped opening in the bracket to hold the spindle from turning.

The bracket 50 supports a slide bar 70 having ahead 72 provided with an inclined upper face 73, and the spindle 48 has a slot or opening 74 shaped to receive the head of said slide bar, the upper wall 75 of the opening being inclined to coact with the inclined upper face of the head 72. The inclined head 72 of the slide bar enters the opening 74 in the spindle more or less, according to the position of the shoe support, and coperates with the inclined wall 7 5 of said opening for sustaining t-he shoe support at diiferent altitudes. The slide bar is arranged to be actuated, for moving the head 72 in the opening 74 in the spindle, through a lever 76 fulcrumed at 7 8 to ears depending from the bracket 50. The front end of the lever is upturned and extends through a recess in the bracket into an opening in the slide bar, as shown most clearly in Fig. l. A spring 80 connects the rear end of the lever with a hook 82 on the bracket and acts on the lever for forcing the head of the slide bar into the opening 74 of the spindle as far as the position of the spindle permits said head to enter. The spindle and jack are thereby rigidly sustained or lockedagainst depression and this is eected automatically whatever may be the position of the shoe support. The spring 80, acting directly upon the lever 76, exerts sui'icient pressure on the slide bar to prevent the head 72 from being forced out of the opening 74 in the spindle and the shoe support from being lowered by the action of the poundingup mechanism on the work.

For the purpose of retracting the slide bar to unlock the shoe support and permit said shoe support to be depressed for removing one shoe and applying another the foot lever 52 has connection, through an arm 84 on the lower part of the spindle and through a link 86, with the lever 76 whereby said lever may be actuated for withdrawing the head of the slide bar from the opening in the spindle when the foot lever is depressed for lowering the shoe support. The connections between the foot lever and the slide bar are preferably so arranged and proportioned that the slide bar is actuated substantially simultaneously with the actuation of the spindle up or down, and said slide bar and spindle areV moved through such relative distances that the inclined face 73 of the head 72 and the coacting face 7 5 of the opening 74 are maintained in substantial contact at all times and in all positions of the shoe support.

It will be understood that with the construction above described the spring 60 tends to lift the shoe support so that when a shoe has been applied to the support and the foot lever released the shoe support is automatically raised by said spring until the shoe contacts with the abutment 39 and that simultaneously the slide is advanced by the spring SO, or by its connection with the foot lever, for forcing the head 72 more or less into the opening 74 in the spindle, thereby to lock the shoe support automatically in whatever position the abutment 39 may stop the shoe and to sustain said shoe support rigidly in such position. This arrangement is of importance because it is desirable that each shoe be pressed upwardly into engagement with the abutment 39, which is in effect a gage, in order that the shoes may be presented in uniform position to be treated by the pounding-up device. As lasts of different sizes and styles vary in height orthickness, the shoe-support requires to be moved upwardly diEerent distances, and should always be locked at precisely the right height. rThe co-acting faces 73 and 75 form simple and efl'ec-V tive means for sustaining and locking the shoe-support in any desired position.

In the pounding-up operation as carried out with the present machine the workman depresses the shoe support by means of the foot lever 52 and places the shoe with the heel on the heel pin 42, as shown in Fig. l, or with the toe on the toe rest 44, as shown ioo in Fig. 2, according as may be most convenient, and then releases the foot lever. Thereupon the spring 60 lifts the shoe support, carrying the shoe into the range of action of the pounding-up device until the shoe is stopped against the abutment 39, the spring 23 permitting the pounding-up device and rod 16 to yield relatively to their actuating means. As the shoe support is raised through the instrumentality of the spring 60 the slide bar 70 is advanced by the spring and link 86, acting through the lever 76, to force the head 72 of the bar into the opening 74 in the spindle of the shoe support as far as the elevation of the spindle permits. The slide bar thus follows up the spindle, locking it in whatever position it may occupy and rigidly sustaining it against depression by the action of the pounding-up mechanism or by any other force until said slide bar shall be retracted. The advance movement of the slide bar for locking the shoe support is insured by the connection of the lever 76. with the arm 8st of the spindle through the link 86, so that if at any time the slide bar does not respond promptly to the action of the spring 80 by reason, for example, of the accumulation of particles of leather in the path of the bar, said slidebar will certainly be advanced and the shoe support locked as the spindle is raised. The shoe will now be clamped by the shoe support and the abutment 39 between which it may be turned for presenting the different portions of the heel or toe to the action of the pounding-up device 20. It will be understood that the vertical position of the end o-f the abutment 39 determines the relation of the shoe to the stroke of the pounding-up device and that by raising or lowering the abutment the height to which the shoe may be raised by the shoe support will be varied and thereby the pounding-up device will be caused to engage the work earlier or later in its downward stroke.

The shoe support having been elevated to put the shoe into the range of action of the pounding-up device and automatically locked against depression, the workman presses the edge of the shoe firmly against the rest 38 to hold the upper material against the last near the edge of the last and prevent the side of the shoe from being forced outwardly as the upper material on the shoe bottom is flattened down, and he then turns the shoe upon the shoe support to present different portions of the end thereof to the pounding-up device. IThe striking movement of the pounding-up device is directed inwardly away from the edge of the shoe, as described, and therefore draws the upper materialrfarther over the innersole at the same time that it flattens the upper material down onto the innersole. By this means the upper material is caused to conform approximately to the contour of the edge of the last and inner sole.

lVhen the shoe support is in the position shown in Fig. 1 the weight of the toe rest arm actuates the shoe laterally toward the machine to resist the thrust of the pounding-up device inwardly over the shoe bottom and thereby assists the operator in offering resistance to the displacement of the shoe outwardly from the machine. It is to be noted that the side rest 38, by its engagement with the shoe held against it, acts to smooth the upper adjacent to the shoe edge during the operation of the pounding-up device.

Then the pounding-up of that end of the shoe being operated upon is completed the workman actuates the foot lever to retract the slide bar 70 by means of the link S6 and lever T6, thereby unlocking the spindle and simultaneously depressing the shoe support. The shoe may then be removed and the jack tipped on its pivot 4G to bring the other arm thereof into operative position. The other end of the shoe will then be applied to the ack and the pounding-up operation for that end of the shoe performed in the same manner as just described.

It is to be noted that the frame 2 and the bench or table upon which the machine rests are suitably cut away to permit the jack to be turned about its pivot 4 6 as required to place one arm or the other in operative position and that the jack and spindle are provided with coperating stop faces 41, 119 and 41a, 49a for limiting the tipping movements of the jack.

W'hile the invention has been described as embodied in a machine adapted to be employed for performing the pounding-up operation on a shoe after the shoe has been lasted, it is within the scope of this invention to provide mechanism for operating upon shoes at other stages of their manufacture if desired.

rThe shoe support per se is not claimed in the present application, but in some claims certain features of such shoe support are included in combination with the means for operating upo-n the shoe. rlhe invention in said shoe support is claimed in a divisional application Serial No. 540,810, filed J anuary 29, 1910.

Having set forth the nature of my invention and having specifically described a machine embodying the various features thereof in a preferred form, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of t-he United States 1. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a pounder, an actuator to which the pounder is pivotally connected, 'A and a guide for swinging the pounder relatively to its actuator and inwardly over the shoe bottom as it descends upon the work.

2. A machine of the class described having, in combination, the pounder 20, the actuator 10, l2 with which the pounder is pivotally connected to permit it to swing from and toward the machine, the pivoted sleeve 3() through which the pounder reciprocates and the stud 36 and inclined slot- 34 for directing the path of the pounder` inwardly as it strikes the shoe bottom, substantially as described.

3. A machine of the class described having, in combination, the pounder 20, the actuator l0, l2 with which the pounder is pivotally connected, the sleeve 30 through which the pounder is reciprocated, the oblique guide slot Slt, the'frame arms 26, 28 within which respectively the sleeve is pivoted and the guide slot has bearings and the shoe bottom abutment 39 adjustably mounted in the arm 28 in advance of the pounder, substantially as described.

4. In a machine for pounding-up shoes, the combination with apounding-up device, of actuating` mechanism with which the device is connected for movement toward and from vthe shoe, said device comprising a beating head and a stem, a shoe support, and a fixed guide operatively connected with the pounding-up device for causing said device to move in a direction at an angle to the axis of said stem to strike an oblique blow upon the bottom of a shoe carried by the support.

5. In a machine for pounding-up shoes, the combination with a pounding-up device and actuating mechanism with which said device is connected for movement toward and from the shoe, said actuating mechanism including a spring, of a shoe support, means for yieldingly actuating` the shoe support to carry the shoe into the path of the pounding-up device until the spring in the actuating mechanism for the pounding-upV device will be compelled to yield in the last port-ion of the stroke of said mechanism, and means for locking the shoe support against downward movement.

6. In a machine for pounding-up shoes, the combination with a pounding-up device and actuating mechanism with which said,`

device is connected for movementtoward and from the shoe, said actuating mechanism including a spring, of a shoe support, means for yieldingly actuating the shoe support to carry the shoe into the path of the pounding-up device until the spring in the actuating mechanism for the pounding-up device will be compelled to yield 4in the last portion of t-he stroke of said mechanism, adjustable means for limiting said movement of the shoe support, and means for locking the support against reversel movement.

last portion of the stroke of said mechanism, an abutment for limiting said movement of the shoe support, automatic means for locking the shoe support against downward movement, and manually controlled means for simultaneously unlocking and depressing the support.

8. In a machine for pounding-up shoes, the combination with means for forcing the upper material downwardly toward the innersole and inwardly away from the edge of the innersole, of a support for the shoe, means for relatively adjusting the pounding-up means and shoe support to put the work into position to be operated upon, a device for locking the said parts in relatively adjusted position, and means connected with the moving part and adapted to advance and retract automatically the locking device as the moving part is raised and lowered.

9. In a machine for pounding-up shoes, the combination with a pounding-up device, and yielding actuating mechanism with which said device is connected for movement toward and from the shoe, of an unyielding abutment for determining the position of the shoe with relation to the path of the pounding-up device, said abutment being adjustable to stop the shoe in different positions for the purpose described.

l0. In a pounding-up machine, the combination with pounding-up means for acting on the upper material on the shoe bottom, of an abutment, a shoe support, means for automatically raising the support for presenting the shoev against the abutment in position to be acted upon by the poundingup means, said abutment being adjustable to vary the position to which the shoe may be raised by the support and thereby vary the length of the stroke of the pounding-up means.

11. In a pounding-up machine, the combination with means for forcing the marginal portion of upper material on a shoe bottom downwardly toward the innersole and inwardly away from the edge of the innersole, and yielding actuating mechanism therefor, of an adjustable rigid stop for engaging the bottom of the shoe to determine the position in which the shoe shall actuated pounding-up means.

i12. In a pounding-up machine having means adapted to deliver rapid blows to the marginal portion of upper material on a shoe bottom, the combination with a shoe support, and means for relatively moving the support and the beating means toward and from position for the shoe to receive the blows, of means for locking the movable part against repression, means for actuating said locking means, and a spring for applying constant pressure to the locking device to prevent it from being jarred out of locking position.

13. In a pounding-up machine, the combination with a shoe-support comprising a vertical spindle. of pounding-up means comrising a horizontally arranged driving shaft, an obliquely-arranged reciprocating hammer rod and a pounding device carried thereby for forcing the upper material on a ,shoe bottom downwardly toward the innersole and inwardly away from the edge of the innersole, and a flexible connection between said shaft and the relatively oblique hammer rod arranged to permit angular movement of the hammer rod with relation to the shaft during the reciprocation of the rod.

1,4. In a machine for pounding-up shoes, a rest for engaging the side of a lasted shoe, a rest arranged to engage the innersole of the shoe within the overlying marginal portion of upper, a pounding tool arranged to act upon the said marginal portion of the upper, and means for operating said tool to force the upper downwardly toward the innersole and inwardly away from the edge of the innersole by an impact or blow and then to apply a crushing pressure on the upper.

15. In a machine for pounding-up slices, a pounding-up tool, and means for actuating it to engage t-he shoe bottom for the purpose described by an impact or blow followed by a crushing pressure, combined with resting and positioning means for engaging the side and bottom of a lasted shoe at the inner and outer sides of the path o-f movement of the pounding-up tool.

16. In a machine yfor pounding-up shoes, a pounding-up tool, and mechanism including an actuator having a predetermined stroke and a spring through which said stroke is transmitted for operating the tool to engage the shoe bottom for the purpose described by an impact or blow followed by a crushing pressure, combined with resting and positioning means for engaging the .side and bottom of a lasted shoe at the inner and outer sides ofthe path of movement of the pounding-up tool, and means for pressing the shoe against said resting means.

17. A machine of the class described having, in combination, means for forcing the upper material of a shoe downwardly toward the innersole and inwardly away from the edge of the innersole, a support for the shoe, means for lifting the shoe support to put the work into position-to be operated upon, and means for securing the shoe against displacement by the devices act-ing upon the upper materials including a device for locking the shoe support in elevated position, yielding means for advancing the locking device, and unyielding means operatively connecting said device and the shoesupport for insuring the advance movement of the locking device.

1S. A machine of the class described having, in combination, means for forcing the upper material of a shoe downwardly toward the innersole and inwardly away from the edgeof the innersole, a support for the shoe, means for relatively moving the forcing means and the shoe support to position them for the work to be operated upon, a device constructed and arranged for locking the movable part in operative position, yielding Vmeans for advancing the locking device toa position determined by the thickness of the work, and positive means for retracting said device.

19. A machine of the class described having, in combination, means for forcing the upper material of a shoe downwardly toward the innersole and inwardly away from the edge of the innersole, a supportfor the shoe, actuating means for relatively moving thesupport and the forcing means into operative relation, a slide bar having an inclined upper face adapted to engage a similarly shaped face on the movable part, and means controlled by said actuating means for advancing and retracting t-he slide bar as said movable part is raised and lowered. Y

20. A machine of the class described having, in combination, means for forcing the upper material of a shoe downwardly toward the innersole and inwardly away from the edge of the innersole, a support for the shoe, actuating means for relatively moving the support and the forcing means into operative relation, a slide lbar having an inclined upper face adapted to engage a similarly shaped face on the movable part, and mechanism controlled by said actuating means for advancing and retracting the slide bar as the said part is raised and lowered, said mechanism being arranged to maintain the inclined faces of said slide bar and movable part in continuous engagement for locking the said part against repression in any position thereof.

21. A machine of the class described having, in combination, means for forcing the upper material downwardly toward the, innersole and inwardly away from the edge of the innersole by impacts or blows alternating with crushing pressure upon the upper material, a support for the shoe, means for actuating said support to move the shoe toward and from position to be operated upon, and means for locking said support with the shoe in position to be operated upon.

22. A machine of the class described having in combination, means ttor pounding the upper material downwardly upon the innersole and forcing it inwardly away from the edge of the innersole by impacts or blows alternating with crushing pressure upon the upper material, a support for the shoe, means for actuating said shoe supporttoward and from the pounding means, and automatic means for locking and rigidly sustaining said shoe support.

23. A machine of the class described hav-` ing, in combination, means :tor forcing the upper material downwardly toward the innersole and inwardly away from the edge of the innersole, a shoe support movable toward and from position for the shoe to be operated upon, automatic means t'or locking said shoe support in its said position, and manually controlled means for simultaneously unlocking and withdrawing said support.

24;. A machine of the class described having, in combination, means for delivering rapid light blows alternating with crushing pressures to the marginal portion of a shoe bottom, a vertically movable support for said shoe, means i'or locking said support against depression, means for actuating .the locking means, and a spring tor applying constant pressure to the locking device to prevent it :t'rom being jarred out of locking position.

25. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a hammer for acting on the marginal portion of a shoe bottom, a shoe support comprising a depressible rod and a heel spindle and a toe rest rigidly connected together at substantially right angles to one another and pivotally connected to the depressible rod for adjustment to present either the spindle or the rest under the hammer.

26. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a hammer for acting on the marginal portion ot a shoe bo-ttom, a shoe support comprising a heel spindle and a toe rest on arms which are rigidly connected and extend at substantially right angles to one another, a holder to which said arms are pivotally connected at their meeting ends, and coperating stops tc limit pivotal movement of said arms when one of them is in operative relation to the hammer.

27. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a hammer for acting on the marginal portion of a shoe bottom, a shoe support comprising a heel spindle and a toe rest on arms which are rigidly connected and extend at substantially right angles to one another, a holder to which said arms are pivotally connected at their meeting ends, a stop to limit tipping movement ot' the arms on the holder when the toe rest is in operative position, and a stop for engagement with the shoe on the heel spindle to limit tipping ot the arms when the heel rest is in operative position.

Q8. ln a machine for beating the marginal portions of the bottom` ot heels and toes, a hammer, a heel spindle and a toe rest connected together at substantially right angles to one another and pivotally mounted to permit either one to be operatively positioned relatively to the hammer and arranged to permit either end portion of the shoe to be rotated on its appropriate support for presenting the margin around the shoe end to the action oi" the hammer.

29. In a machine for beating the marginal portions of the bottom ot' heels and toes, a hammer, a heel spindle and a toe rest connected together at substantially right angles to one another and pivotally mounted to permit either one to be operatively positioned relatively to the hammer, said machine being formed and arranged with a clearance under and back of the hammer to permit one of said arms to be tipped upwardly and downwardly therethrough.

30. In a machine of the class described, the combination with the spindle 48, the heel pin 42 and the toe rest 4A rigidly connected and pivotally supported on the spindle so as to permit their use independent-ly in sustaining the heel or toe of a shoe, and the hammer 20 into operativerelation to which either the toe rest or the heel pin canbe positioned, as and for the purpose described.

31. In a machine of the class described, t-he combination with pounding-up means, of mechanism for actuating said poundingup means into and out of engagement with the work, and other means for moving said pounding-up means forwardly over the work.

32. In a machine of the class described, the combination with pounding-up means and mechanism for actuating said pounding-up means into and out of engagement with the work, of other means :tor imparting to said pounding-up means an additional movement along the surface of the work.

33. In a machine ot the class described, the combination with a pounding-up device and a carrier therefor, of means for operating said carrier to actua-te the device away lfrom the work and then toward the work for forcing the upper material downwardly toward the innersole, said device being also arranged for movement with relation to the said actuating means tor forcing the upper material inwardly away from the edge of the innersole.

34. 1n a machine of the class described,

:the combination with pounding-up means' and actuating mechanism for moving the pounding-up means for forcing the upper inwardly away from the edge of the innersole, of means for varying the force with which the pounding-up means is so mo-ved.

35. In a. machine of the class described, the combination with means for supporting a shoe, of means arranged to be actuated toward and from the shoe bottom for forcing the upper material on the bottom of the shoe downwardly toward the innersole and inwardly away from the edge of the innersole.

36. In a shoe-shaping machine the combination with bottom-beating means and mechanism for actuating said beating means of actua-ting mechanism for moving said means toward and away from the work, said mechanism being constructed and arranged to impart to the pounding-up means a stroke in a direction to force the upper downwardly and inwardly, and means for actuating the shoe .laterally to resist the inward thrust of the pounding-up means. V

' 38. In a machine of the class described, the combination with pounding-up means 'and means for actuating it to force the -upper downwardly toward the innersole and inwardly away from the edge of the shoe, of means for engaging the upper at t-he side of the shoe adjacent to said edge and acting to smooth out the upper during the operation of the pounding-up means.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

STEPHEN SNOW. Vitnesses:

ARTHUR L. RUSSELL, VELLs L. CHURCH.

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